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1/Alarm bells about Trump's open support of domestic terrorism, political violence have to be ringing loudly now. QAnon was on stage last night w/the President, and his choice for DNI, Rep. Ratcliffe, openly voiced support for a deep state conspiracy similar to QAnon last week.
2/Lawyers for the Florida man behind one of the ambitious attempts to kill prominent US politicians in American history told the court last week that he believed Trump critics were “dangerous, unpatriotic, and evil.” buzzfeednews.com/article/skbaer…
3/The Gilroy shooter was a white supremacist: nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news…
4/But it goes much deeper. The President has actually pardoned people who had been CONVICTED and JAILED for domestic terrorism - sending a clear signal of Presidential support for their actions. I cover this, other instances in this thread:
5/As I argue in the previous thread, and as the @ThePlumLineGS writes below, issue now isn't just the rise of right wing violence in America - it is clearly here - but whether the President and his party are openly encouraging it as a political tactic.
@ThePlumLineGS 6/The President is not just encouraging domestic right wing violence, he is also making it harder for the government to combat it. Read this harrowing account from former DHSer George Selim usatoday.com/story/opinion/…
@ThePlumLineGS 7/Nor the did the Administration sign on to the Christchurch Call which brought together more than a dozen nations of the world and the major social media platforms to around a common goal of countering extremist speech on the Internet. washingtonpost.com/technology/201…
@ThePlumLineGS 8/Goal of Congress now has to be force Trump into a public conversation about developing a serious strategy to combat rising political violence in America. This is more than about guns - it is also about overwhelming evidence we have a growing domestic radicalization problem.
@ThePlumLineGS 9/Adding more - can't forget that a few months ago armed extremists helped intervene in a legislative debate in Oregon and the White House said nothing. motherjones.com/politics/2019/…
@ThePlumLineGS 10/Another example of Trumpworld openly promoting a crazy right wing conspiracy which the FBI is now openly warning is becoming violent and dangerous.
